Amusement device



March 2 1926., 1,575,204

M. R. HILTY AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed Nov. 10. 1923 JEWL;

Patented lVlar. 2, 1926.

MICHAEL BA HILTY,

PATENT OFFICE.

or commons, TEXAS.

AMUSEMENT nnvrcn.

Application filed November 10, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL R. HILTY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Comanche, in the county of Comanche and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in an Amusement Device, ofwhich the. following is a specification.

The present invention relates to amuse- ]0 mentdevices susceptible touse as an amusement for the home or at summer resorts and carnivals.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of an amusementdevice or game whereby any number of persons may exercise their skill intrying to hit a target which will sound or otherwise indicate when thetarget has been hit.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an amusement deviceor game which will test the skill of ones eye in throwing a ball orother missile at a targetplaced on the floor or positioned against awall.

Another objectof this invention is to provide an amusement device whichmay be n'mnufactured at a very low cost and therefore placed on themarket at a price which will be attractive'to the purchaser.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following detaileddescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de vice.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the device, showing therelative position of the various parts.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure2 and looking in the direction of the arrows. v

Figure 4 is a detail side elevation of the plunger.

In the drawings, wherein similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, A designates. a novelgame or amusement device embodying my preferred construction andcomprising a base or platform B having legs or spacing strips 0 securedto the inner face thereof; D a target in the form of a plunger; E asignal secured to the inner side of the platform B, and F a pivotedtapper adapted to strike the bell E when the plunger D is caused to moveinwardly by reason of the Serial No. 674,019.

plunger D being struck as by a ball or other missile H. y

The base B as in the example shown, may be made of wood of any desirableshape and thick enough so as to not give when struck with a ball orother missile. The outer face 10 of the base B is preferably smooth inorder that the ball H will not glance to one side when the game is beingplayed. A hole 11 is provided centrally of the base B for receiving theplunger D and allowing the same to move freely therein. In the exampleshown, strips C have been secured to the inner face 12 for spacing thebase B and providing a recess 12 for receiving the bell within the hole11 is provided on its outer end with an enlargement or head 15. As canbe seen from the drawings, the inner end of the stem 14 rests on onefree end of the pivoted tapper F and may be held from ac cidentalwithdrawal by a retaining pin 15'. The signal E as in the example shown,consists of a bell 16 which is mounted on the inner face 12 and withinthe recess 12 as by a screw 17. The bell is positioned so that when thetarget D moves inwardly, the tap per F will be caused to strike the belland signal that the target has been hit.

The tapper F may be pivotally mounted on the face 19. as by the brackets18 and pivot pin 19. A weight 20 formed on the arm 21 of the tapper F isadapted to normally urge the plunger outwardly and therefore return thetarget to a normal or set position without the necessity of handresetting. It can be seen that when the target has been caused to moveinwardly by reason of a missile coming in contact therewith, the weight20 will be caused to strike the bell 16 and then, due to its weight,will return the target to a set position.

Any number of persons -may play the game. The game may be one hundred ormore and is preferably played with a solid rubber ball; the playersstanding at opposite sides of the device, say five feet and throwing theball at the target. VVhe'n one strikes the target, he may be creditedwith ten and when striking within the colored ring may be credited withfive. The person who first scores one hundred points is credited withwinning the game.

Changes in detail may be made without departing from the spirit orscope'of my invention; but,

I claim:

1. In an amusement device a platform, spacing strips secured to theunder side of said platform and providing a recess below said platform,a bell mounted on the under face ofsaid platform in said recess, amovable target extending vertically through the platform and adapted forreciprocatory motion, and a tapper pivotally secured intermediate itsends to the under face of the platform for striking the bell when saidmovable target is caused to move downwardly when struck with a missile.

2. In an amusement device a platform, spacing strips secured to theinner side of said platform and providing a recess, a bell mounted onthe inner face of said platform in said recess, a movable targetslidably mounted in a hole in said platform and extending pastthe innerand outer faces there of, a head formed on the outer end of said targetand spaced from the outer face of the platform, a tapper' having its armpivotally secured to the inner face of said platform, and a weightformed on one end of the tapper arm for returning the movable target toa set position after said target has been caused to move inwardly bybeing struck with a missile.

MICHAEL RAY HILTY.

